Cub Scout Camp: To the Beach

With Cubs well fed, it is now time to get serious. The Cub Scouts are sent to get ready for the beach.

Once ready a short hike to the Burleigh Heads beach is all that it takes to excite the cubs once more. Here we have a chance to get ready for the next activity. The activity is to build a sandcastle, with a moat, bridge, gate and flagpole.

To the sand they head and begin the task. As they come to life those with more adventureous tastes build great castles. However, they seem to be having trouble not keeping dry when fetching water for their moats! Not only that they are struggling to keep the moat full and try many ways to keep the water in. However, when you build so far from the water and the sand is dry nothing will make it stay.

After assessing the designs, we settle that everyone did a great job and delivered to the requirements. So to pack up we have to return the beach to normal by destroying the things we built. Oh did they not like that! ;-).

Once done we head off down the beach to look for shells. On the journey we see different types of shells which are collected for the craft activity later that afternoon. But I think most just want to swim, alas we will have to wait to this afternoon. What makes it worse is a sandbar is exposed and they all want head out to it.

After the tip along the beach and not being able to look at the rock pools due to tide not out far enough, we begin the walk back to camp for lunch. Along the way we stop for visit at the war memorial to look for the marker for the 'Unknown Soldier'. This completes the 'Our heritage, our service' badge for those that attended ANZAC services.

Onward to the camp and food, we earned it. Pizza stacks and sandwiches all around. The morning tea earlier was long burnt off as the Cub Scouts feed well.